Bird Investigation is an example of how to take a science experiment and make it a science investigation using links to videos that can be used with mobile devices. Source of activity: Growing up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children. Houston, TX: Council for Environmental Education, 2009. Print. Pages 42-43
Day 3 Using technology to continue the investigation Show the links to the birds eating habits. With each bird, focus on the beak and ask the children which tool is the same as the beak the bird used. For instance, the hawk uses a scissor like beak to tear the meat off the animal.
This document has links to use after you have completed the bird experiments.
Day 4 Recording new knowledge gained from the technology used in Day 3. Get the Bird Nature notebook pages and add the picture of the bird with the beak "tool".
This document has Bird Beak Buffet science experiment stations. At each station, place a picture of birds that use that type of a beak. There are important discussion questions to use during the investigations. If the children do not remember the bird, then show that video with the tool.
Each child can choose one of the following tools to eat pasta with. tools to choose from: strainer chopstick tweezers scissors ladle bulb syringe
Day 6 Applying knowledge In their Bird Nature notebook, ask each child to draw a picture of a pretend bird. Ask them to draw a special beak for their bird and talk about what food the bird would eat with that beak.
Source of activity: Growing up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children. Houston, TX: Council for Environmental Education, 2009. Print. Pages 42-43
Letter wall vocabulary: Beak
Concept vocabulary: adaptation, feature, shape, tool, utensil, preen, nectar
For further information please contact Sharon Kruger at skruger@esc5.net.
Day 1 Science experiment stations
This describes the science investigation experiments.
These are pictures of the birds that you put by each station.
chopstick "beaks" Can you pick up the items by "spearing" them just like a herron beak?
scooping "beaks" Can you pick up the items by "scooping" them just like a pelican beak?
pincer "beaks" Can you "pinch" off the playdough from the stick just like a hawk beak?
filtering "beaks" Can you scoop and filter the grass like a swan beak?
Can you use a bulb syringe to get the water just like a hummingbird uses a long beak to get nectar?
Day 2 Recording observations
On day 2, show the tools that they used yesterday. Ask them to draw a picture about each tool that they used.
Day 3 Using technology to continue the investigation
Show the links to the birds eating habits. With each bird, focus on the beak and ask the children which tool is the same as the beak the bird used. For instance, the hawk uses a scissor like beak to tear the meat off the animal.
This document has links to use after you have completed the bird experiments.
Day 4 Recording new knowledge gained from the technology used in Day 3.
Get the Bird Nature notebook pages and add the picture of the bird with the beak "tool".
Day 5 Further investigation:
This document has Bird Beak Buffet science experiment stations. At each station, place a picture of birds that use that type of a beak. There are important discussion questions to use during the investigations. If the children do not remember the bird, then show that video with the tool.
Each child can choose one of the following tools to eat pasta with.
tools to choose from:
strainer
chopstick
tweezers
scissors
ladle
bulb syringe
Day 6 Applying knowledge
In their Bird Nature notebook, ask each child to draw a picture of a pretend bird. Ask them to draw a special beak for their bird and talk about what food the bird would eat with that beak.